Windows 8 - New user here

Listen to at least the first 3 minutes or so.
ALL TRUE.

Win 8 is an abortion.


Why Windows 8 Sucks



Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 02/09/2013 10:57 PM

I dont like other people's Laptops & Desktop OS's, OCD causes dislike for the impure.

I boot in 14 seconds and have no page file, no file indexing, no system restore, no scheduled tasks, few services, and One startup Item.

Average is 15 startup items, 15 schedule tasks, 5 times more services, File indexing, page filing, and system restore writes.

Paragon Backup is the only good backup tool

THIS !!!

..... I havent ran into anything i use that i couldnt run with windows XP striped bare, let alone newer versions of windows.

You could play around with a Windows 8 Backdoor Login.

Yes, I meant something similar to MS Office =) His teacher doesn't require that program, but since that is what I use, it is what he most familiar with for typing stuff.

If I decide to try Linux on this other laptop, and it doesn't work out, am I able to switch it back to Windows? Sorry for all the questions....

huh? haha =) Seriously, what do you mean?

<<If I decide to try Linux on this other laptop, and it doesn't work out, am I able to switch it back to Windows? Sorry for all the questions....
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install it as dual boot then you can run either windows or linux, it the linux doesn't work out you still have windows

Windows 8 was invented by satan himself, straight from the seventh circle of hell.

Bin Windows 8, Windows 7 it.

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HAHAHAHAHA

ah, ok that actually sounds better. Just really want my oldest son to have this laptop. It's only a little over a year old, similar specs to my new laptop (6 GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive, but windows 7 not 8, no back lit keyboard, etc)...but still - a very nice laptop for a 9 year old =) Any idea where I'd go to learn how to do that? thanks!

I've been using Windows 8 for a couple months now. I didn't like it at first but now that I know my way around it, its not bad. I'm on a desktop computer and Windows 8 is much faster than Windows 7.

Forget Linux. While Ubuntu and other Linux distros are making it easier for people to use, they still require you to learn terminal commands. I tried Ubuntu and Linux Mint for about a year. They both suck. It takes a lot of terminal use to get something to work right, such as a wireless printer. Linux also made my pc run much hotter than if I was in Windows.

Most of the Linux programs you install after setting up your Linux OS, are crappy and buggy. They look and run like Windows 95 programs. If Linux was such a great OS, why isn't it the most widely used and supported OS?

Stay with Windows if you don't want a headache.

Oh look, a person who has never used Windows 8! Everybody point and laugh!

lmao that made me laugh

Know this; Linux is shit if you're not a programmer or computer scientist.

It's the only way to go.....

Amy Wood gives me morning wood.

the charms, the way the menus work, lotsa stuff-
while I was waiting for the laptop to arrive I watched a bunch of on-line tutorials on Win8.

Man, what a piece of shit

How much does MS pay you for propaganda posts like that?
Comparing an O/S speed, as if they are related somehow, on entirely different computers was an easy giveaway.

Win 8 is for tablets and internet consumption...nothing more.

Give our regards to your butt buddy Ballmer.

Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 02/09/2013 11:25 PM

Thanks...nice to hear from someone else who is fairly new to win. 8 =)

I'm up in the air with trying Linux....part of me wants to just to see what it's like, but then I feel selfish because that laptop is for my son now, and if I screw up, he wont have it. Idk, I'll sleep on it I guess, haha.

Well I'd do it just to get the experience, one day you may want to change OS and it may come handy. It may seem hard at first but finding tutorials online you can do anything.

I will say that Windows 8 doesn't seem any faster. I think speed depends MORE on the computer you are using. I'm used to having good speed because I pay for a nice laptop that has it.

Don't listen to all these tards who fear change. Windows 8 is the bomb once you get used to it.

From a user interface perspective the major change is the start screen.
But also:
Learn to use the charms bar to make accessing resources faster.
From the Start screen, you can just start typing the name of a resource to access it in search, no need to click on the search charm first.
In multi-monitor the taskbar can be repeated on all monitors (I use 3) so for example if you are watching a video full screen in your primary monitor, all the task bar icons for open programs are replicated in the secondary monitor so you can raise those windows in the second monitor without having to shrink the video in the primary monitor.
In a metro app, click at the top of the screen and drag your mouse (or finger) to the bottom of the screen to close (shut-down) the metro app.

Humm..what else from a UI perspective.....

Yeah coming from a PC gamer Windows has been the only OS to support us, I mean yeah they fucked up with Vista but Win 7 had a much better platform

How much does MS pay you for propaganda posts like that?
Comparing an O/S speed, as if they are related somehow, on entirely different laptops was an easy giveaway.

Give our regards to Ballmer.


I wish I worked for Microsoft. I'm just a regular consumer. What I stated is true.

I'm not just comparing speed. Windows 8 is actually better than Windows 7 which both are much better than any Linus POS.

I'm running Windows 8 on a slow AMD APU processor and its quick. I can imagine it must be much quicker on an I7.

Im def good at teaching myself stuff from reading online. In the past I have upgraded the RAM in a Dell laptop I once had....and also used an online tutorial to replace the hard drive - which was a JOB. It literally meant taking the whole laptop apart, and I was so scared I was going to screw it up...but I did it, and it felt good after the fact. I def. love learning how to do stuff.